0:00:06 > 0:00:08Hello, I'm David.
0:00:08 > 0:00:11I hope you're nice and warm,
0:00:11 > 0:00:15because I have a story to read you about somewhere very cold.
0:00:15 > 0:00:19It's a story called The Bear Who Went Boo.
0:00:19 > 0:00:23And it's by David Walliams.
0:00:23 > 0:00:24That's me!
0:00:24 > 0:00:27And the illustrations are drawn by Tony Ross.
0:00:27 > 0:00:29That isn't me.
0:00:29 > 0:00:34At the top of the world lived a very cheeky polar bear.
0:00:34 > 0:00:38He was only little, but he loved giving the other animals
0:00:38 > 0:00:41a big fright.
0:00:41 > 0:00:46Slowly and silently he would creep up behind them
0:00:46 > 0:00:50before going, "Boo!"
0:00:50 > 0:00:52The poor creatures would shriek
0:00:52 > 0:00:56as the little cub would roll around, hooting with laughter.
0:00:57 > 0:01:02The little cub's mama would ask him time and time again,
0:01:02 > 0:01:06"How would you like it if someone went, 'Boo,' to you?"
0:01:07 > 0:01:09But he wouldn't listen.
0:01:09 > 0:01:14All the little cub longed for was to be big and fearsome like his papa.
0:01:14 > 0:01:16Grrr!
0:01:16 > 0:01:21One morning, a helicopter was spotted in the sky.
0:01:21 > 0:01:24News spread across the ice
0:01:24 > 0:01:29that a man was coming to the Arctic to make a television show.
0:01:29 > 0:01:32The animals were going to be famous!
0:01:32 > 0:01:37They began making themselves look beautiful for the cameras.
0:01:37 > 0:01:40A wrinkly walrus wanted to top up his tan.
0:01:40 > 0:01:44He decided to sunbathe in the nude.
0:01:44 > 0:01:49The little cub crept up behind the walrus.
0:01:49 > 0:01:51"Boo!"
0:01:51 > 0:01:52"Aaah!"
0:01:52 > 0:01:57The walrus was so shocked, he kicked up his back flippers.
0:01:57 > 0:02:02His tusks became skis as he zoomed across the snow!
0:02:02 > 0:02:03Whiz!
0:02:03 > 0:02:08Meanwhile, a platoon of puffins preened their feathers.
0:02:08 > 0:02:12Time to do boo two.
0:02:13 > 0:02:14"Boo!"
0:02:14 > 0:02:16"Caw, caw, caw!"
0:02:16 > 0:02:20Startled, the puffins all tried to take flight at once!
0:02:20 > 0:02:22Wings walloped.
0:02:22 > 0:02:23Beaks bashed.
0:02:23 > 0:02:25"Caw, caw, caw!"
0:02:25 > 0:02:29And the poor birds crashed headfirst into an iceberg.
0:02:29 > 0:02:31Wallop!
0:02:31 > 0:02:35There was no stopping the little cub now.
0:02:35 > 0:02:39Next, he sawed a hole in the ice sheet with his paw,
0:02:39 > 0:02:43before diving down into the freezing water below.
0:02:43 > 0:02:47Time to do an underwater boo.
0:02:47 > 0:02:48But to who?
0:02:48 > 0:02:52The little cub spied a pair of killer whales
0:02:52 > 0:02:55practising a synchronised swimming routine,
0:02:55 > 0:02:57ready for the cameras.
0:02:57 > 0:02:59"Boo!"
0:02:59 > 0:03:02The killer whales smashed through the ice sheet,
0:03:02 > 0:03:04up, up, up into the air.
0:03:04 > 0:03:07Blub, blub, blub.
0:03:07 > 0:03:10The first belly flopped onto the ice.
0:03:10 > 0:03:15Then, the more blubbery of the two landed on top of his poor friend.
0:03:15 > 0:03:18Boing, boing, boing!
0:03:20 > 0:03:24As the sun was setting, over the Arctic, the cheeky little cub
0:03:24 > 0:03:29spotted a very odd-looking animal he had never seen before.
0:03:30 > 0:03:33"This snowy owl..."
0:03:33 > 0:03:37He couldn't resist one final "Boo!"
0:03:37 > 0:03:38Splash!
0:03:38 > 0:03:44The poor man leapt backwards and fell with a giant plop into the sea.
0:03:44 > 0:03:46"No!"
0:03:46 > 0:03:50The water was so cold that when he clambered out,
0:03:50 > 0:03:53he was encased in a block of ice.
0:03:53 > 0:03:55The man was furious.
0:03:55 > 0:03:59His face glowed bright red like a tomato,
0:03:59 > 0:04:02and the ice soon began to melt.
0:04:02 > 0:04:06"In all my years, I have never met such a badly behaved animal!
0:04:06 > 0:04:10"I've had an octopus tickle me,
0:04:10 > 0:04:14"been sat on by a rhinoceros,
0:04:14 > 0:04:18"and once, a family of gorillas ate my underpants!
0:04:20 > 0:04:22"But you are the worst!
0:04:22 > 0:04:27"Right. I'm reporting you. Species?"
0:04:27 > 0:04:29"Um...
0:04:29 > 0:04:32"Penguin," fibbed the little cub.
0:04:32 > 0:04:34"You're not a penguin!
0:04:34 > 0:04:37"Penguins live in the Antarctic, not the Arctic."
0:04:37 > 0:04:41"Um... OK, polar bear."
0:04:41 > 0:04:45"Yes, and a tiny one at that.
0:04:45 > 0:04:49"Well, you have ruined it for all the other animals.
0:04:49 > 0:04:52"I am not making my television show here now.
0:04:52 > 0:04:56"I'll go to the Antarctic and make one about penguins.
0:04:56 > 0:04:58"People like penguins.
0:04:58 > 0:05:00"Penguins are nice."
0:05:00 > 0:05:02"What?!"
0:05:02 > 0:05:05As the little cub watched the helicopter leave,
0:05:05 > 0:05:07all the animals gathered.
0:05:07 > 0:05:12Now they were going to miss their moment of fame.
0:05:12 > 0:05:16"It's time to teach that little bear a big lesson."
0:05:17 > 0:05:22That night, the little cub trudged slowly back home.
0:05:22 > 0:05:25But as he entered his snow cave,
0:05:25 > 0:05:26"Boo!"
0:05:26 > 0:05:29The little cub's fur stood up on end,
0:05:29 > 0:05:31as if he'd been hit by a bolt of lightning.
0:05:31 > 0:05:33"Aaaah!"
0:05:33 > 0:05:38Mama Bear was right - he didn't like it one bit.
0:05:38 > 0:05:43The little cub had learned a big lesson.
0:05:43 > 0:05:50From that moment on, he promised never, ever to go, "Boo!" again.
0:05:50 > 0:05:52Well...
0:05:52 > 0:05:54Maybe one last time.
0:05:54 > 0:05:56"Boo!"
0:05:57 > 0:06:00It's hard to stop doing something naughty
0:06:00 > 0:06:02when it's that much fun, isn't it?
0:06:02 > 0:06:05But hopefully the little cub will think
0:06:05 > 0:06:08about how he treats his friends a bit more now.
0:06:08 > 0:06:11It's time to snuggle up warm and hibernate.
0:06:11 > 0:06:13Well, maybe don't hibernate.
0:06:13 > 0:06:16But do go to sleep, just for tonight.
0:06:16 > 0:06:17Sweet dreams.